Sam Vander Forest Email & Phone Number

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

In my role, I am currently responsible for:- Overseeing creative direction and the social media content strategy for Toyota USA social accounts across TikTok, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.- Manage content productions with photographers and directors, including pre-production, traveling to act as product expert, on-set logistics, and post-production direction and client communication.- Leading in-house creative and editing, including photography, Photoshop, After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Illustrator and CapCut mobile editing.- Helping oversee long-term social media strategy and objectives for Toyota USA organic social media and aligned tactics to achieve those goals and KPIs.- Acting as ambassador for my team to the broader agency and streamlining new ways of working to better position Toyota across social platforms during key enterprise moments such as vehicle reveals, campaign launches, and more. This has helped reshape how content production is done in the social landscape.- Working with the broader team to build the social media editorial calendar on a quarterly basis, copywriting across platforms, and monthly analytics.- Serving as a manager and mentor.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Carrie Chapman Catt Center For Women And Politics

-Worked as a community manager for multiple social media channels, helping grow a relatively young program.-Engaged in video recording and editing through iMove and Adobe Audition to promote the Leadership Studies Program.-Served as the student liaison and recruiter for the Leadership certificate program that has grown from roughly 70 to over 250 during my time here and averaged a growth rate of over 400 percent.-Re-designed the Leadership Studies Program brochure and marketing materials through Adobe InDesign/Illustrator.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

-Learned to organize content calendars and drafted evergreen and timely content for the corporate communications team.-Engaged in social listening and conversation mapping with Sysomos, Oracle, TweetDeck and Sprinklr.-Assisted as a community manager for a client team by compiling weekly and monthly reports through Lithium Social Intelligence.-Experienced in researching in Cision and Compete, as well as writing POVs when requested by clients.

-Brainstormed and produced content for the rebranded mobile app as a member of the Digital Content Team.-Facilitated the re‐branding of the slogan and worked on first college newspaper mobile application.-Versatile employee, so I have experience managing a unique department and motivating staff.

-Redesigned and launched the Greenlee School Graduate Program’s marketing material in Spring 2014.-Increased social media following on Twitter and Facebook by 5% in 4 weeks through my work.-Experienced in creative briefs and understanding client’s needs and visions, as well as magazinecontent and special sections operations.-Led recruitment by organizing schedule, script and display at the Orientation Resource Fair.

Updating social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, website, Tumblr) with the chapter's events and promotions.

Iowa State University

Working with local businesses and the University of Iowa Children's Hospital to have a fundraising event for the Children's Miracle Network. The event raised $1,300.